Samcheok (kor)

Samcheok

Samcheok ranks 6,515th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Orsett, Jecheon, and Eltham Palace. Memorable people born in Samcheok include Hwang Young-cho, Seo Dong-myung, and Chung Kyung-ho. Memorable people who died in Samcheok include Gongyang of Goryeo. Samcheok has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians. Samcheok is located in South Korea.

Samcheok is a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea. To the west are the Taebaek Mountains, which form a high flat plain of more than 1,000 meters, and to the east the coastal plain slopes sharply. Samcheok borders Donghae in the north, Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province to the south, and Taebaek in the west. It covers an area of 1,185.86 square kilometers and has a coastline of 58.4 kilometers. Samcheok's city hall is located in Gyo-dong. Samcheok includes 2 districts, 6 villages, and 4 neighborhoods or dongs. The city's official tree is the zelkova while the official bird is the seagull and the official flower is the azalea. Samcheok has the lowest population density of any autonomous city in South Korea. Read more on Wikipedia